Keyword Insights review (2026): is it worth $58 a month?
Keyword clustering, content briefs and AI writing on one credit pool
Keyword Insights report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Oct 23, 2026
Best for turning big keyword lists into a page plan
Keyword Insights groups your keywords by which ones Google ranks the same pages for, so each group becomes one page, and labels the intent behind them. It also finds keywords, writes briefs and drafts articles, all from one pool of credits. But Basic is $58 a month with one seat, an AI article eats 1,200 of its 10,000 credits, unused credits reset monthly, and the $1 trial needs a card.
Who Keyword Insights is for
- Fits if you have thousands of keywords and need to know which ones belong on one page
- Works for content teams that want research, briefs and drafts in the same place
Who Keyword Insights is not for
- Pricey if you mostly want AI articles, as Basic's credits cover about 8 and nothing else
- Tight if you work with others, as Basic has one seat and sharing starts at $99
- Not for you if you hate credits that expire, as unused ones reset every month and all go when you cancel
- Watch out: pay-as-you-go credits only work for clustering and expire 30 days after purchase
- Watch out: the 7-day trial costs $1 and needs a card
Why Keyword Insights gets a 2.0
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- DValue for moneyBasic is $58 a month for 10,000 credits, which is where this category's dearest tenth starts. Yearly billing takes 20% off. Credits go fast: a brief is 100 and an AI Writer Agent article 1,200, and unused ones vanish each month.
- DFree plan and trialNo free plan. The 7-day trial costs $1 and gives 5,000 one-time credits, and it needs a card, though you aren't charged after it.
- BFeaturesKeyword ideas from autocomplete, Reddit, Quora and People Also Ask with volume, difficulty and CPC, then SERP clustering, intent labels, briefs and an AI writer. That covers the whole job, from finding keywords to planning the pages.
- CEase of useNo rating on record. Clustering a list is simple enough, but you'll want to learn the credit costs first, as every feature draws on the same pool at a different rate.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb only, with no desktop or phone app. It connects to Google Search Console and WordPress.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Keyword Insights' own pages on 23 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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Keyword Insights's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 4 of the 51 other keyword research tools we grade, and level with 7.
It stands best on features (B, above 43 of 51) and worst on value for money (D, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $58 a month, against a middle price of $18 for the category: 33 of the 35 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 1 tool scores higher and costs less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 52 keyword research tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Keyword Insights’s own letter is outlined.
- DValue for moneyAbove 0 of 51, level with 3
- DFree plan and trialAbove 6 of 51, level with 4
- BFeaturesAbove 43 of 51, level with 7
- CEase of useAbove 0 of 51, level with 27
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 26 of 51, level with 25
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 44 keyword research tools. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Keep Keyword Insights, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Keyword Insights you would be making search volumes for millions of keywords, gathered and kept up to date. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 40 of the 51 other keyword research tools grade higher. It costs $696 a year.
What you could make
- Long-form writing: an app builder makes this well.
What you could not
- Search volumes for millions of keywords, gathered and kept up to date.
- A score built from what the top results for each keyword cover.
- It plugs into other products, Google Search Console and WordPress among them, and has an API.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
- The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. Keyword Insights’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Keyword Insights?
Keyword Insights groups keywords into clusters by how similar their Google results are, so each cluster maps to one page, and labels the search intent behind them. It also finds keyword ideas from autocomplete, Reddit, Quora and People Also Ask, writes content briefs and articles with AI, and points to Reddit, Quora and YouTube threads where a brand could earn mentions. Every feature draws on one monthly pool of credits.
Worth knowing
- Unused subscription credits reset at the end of each billing period, and all credits are removed when a subscription ends.
- Basic has a single user seat; team sharing starts at Professional.
- Pay-as-you-go credits work only for clustering and expire 30 days after purchase.
- An AI Writing Agent article costs 1,200 credits, so Basic's 10,000 credits cover about 8 such articles and nothing else.
Key features
- Keyword clustering
- Groups a keyword list by overlap in Google results to show which pages to create, then relates clusters to each other into wider topics.
- Search intent labels
- Counts how many of the top 10 results for each keyword are informational, commercial, transactional or other, to suggest the page type.
- Keyword Discovery
- Pulls keyword ideas in real time from Google Autocomplete, Reddit, Quora and People Also Ask, with volume, difficulty and CPC.
- Content briefs
- Builds an outline for each cluster with headings, questions to answer and talking points drawn from the pages that rank.
- AI Writer Assistant and Agent
- Write and grade an article in an editor (200 credits), or have the AI Writer Agent draft a full article for the page type (1,200 credits).
- Mentions
- Lists Reddit, Quora and YouTube conversations where a brand could join in and be mentioned, as a route into AI answers.
Keyword Insights pricing
As of Oct 23, 2026, Keyword Insights is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $58 per month for 10,000 credits, billed monthly.
- Starts at
- $58 per month for 10,000 credits, billed monthly
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- 7-day trial for $1 with 5,000 one-time credits; a card is needed and you are not charged after it
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | $58per month for 10,000 credits, billed monthly | 1 user seat and 5 workspaces. Clustering costs 1 credit per keyword, a brief 100 credits and an AI Writing Agent article 1,200. |
| Professional | $99per month for 20,000 credits, billed monthly | 3 user seats, 10 workspaces and team sharing, with the same credit costs per feature. |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom credits, seats and workspaces, priority support and onboarding, for high-volume teams. Sold after a demo. |
Read from keywordinsights.ai on Oct 23, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Keyword Insights before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discountSave 20% with annual billing
Keyword Insights' pricing page offers annual subscriptions at 20% off the monthly price.
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Common questions
Does Keyword Insights have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. Keyword Insights is listed for Web.
Does Keyword Insights have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. Keyword Insights is listed for Web.
Is Keyword Insights open source?
Keyword Insights is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 23, 2026.
Does Keyword Insights have an API?
Yes. Keyword Insights offers a public API, according to its own site.
Sources for this page
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